Effect of fracture healing on the fixation of a parasymphyseal mandibular fracture: a study using the finite element method

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 204-217

  Lovald, Scott T ^a   Khraishi, Tariq ^a   Wagner, Jon ^b   Baack, Bret ^b   Wood, John ^a,c  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

bone plate; craniomaxillofacial; FEA; FEM; Finite Element Method; fracture; intermaxillary fixation; mandible; maxillomandibular fixation; rigid internal fixation; trauma surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749180490     PISSN: 17526418     EISSN: 17526426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2007.015861     Document Type: Article

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